Sony, Polyphony Digital and the BBC are teaming up to provide multiple Top Gear content in forthcoming PlayStation 3 title Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.

Sony, Polyphony Digital and the BBC are teaming up to provide
multiple Top Gear content in forthcoming PlayStation 3 title
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.

Users will be able to download episodes of TV show Top Gear
through Gran Turismo TV, with a total of 40 episodes
available over the PlayStation Network.

Additionally, the Top Gear Test Track — where show
host Jeremy Clarkson and team test drive the latest cars
— will be replicated in Gran Turismo 5.

"We at Polyphony are great fans of the world‚s
best motoring programme, Top Gear, so we‚re
delighted to be collaborating with BBC Worldwide to deliver
Top Gear content via Gran Turismo," said Kazunori Yamauchi,
President, Polyphony Digital.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be released for the PlayStation
3 in 2008. The series has sold over 47 million units to date.

"BBC Top Gear is the world‚s number one motoring
media brand and we‚re thrilled to make it
accessible to Gran Turismo gamers," added Simon Danker,
director of digital media at BBC Worldwide.

"We continue to explore different avenues to share our
content with an expanding audience, and are delighted to
participate with Polyphony Digital in the launch of this
exciting new opportunity."

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